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The closer we get to the election, the more visibly desperate and racist the hard right opposition to President Obama becomes.
The latest example comes from Tennessee where state Rep. Kelly Keisling (R) is telling his constituents he believes President Obama plans to fake his own assassination and declare martial law all to avoid an election against Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
The communications came in an email sent from a government email address in his office. Keisling forwarded the email along with a warning that the President is coordinating the rouse with the Department of Homeland Security. According to The Huffington Post, the rumor was apparently started by a Florida-based conservative blogger, and was based on an article written by Doug Hammon and posted on CanadaFreePress.com.
It’s tempting to dive in and address the crazy in the rumor with actual fact, but as we’ve seen, with this element of the Republican party facts don’t matter at all. It’s even more tempting when widespread efforts to stop citizens from participating in the electoral process have become the calling card of the Republican party and a central strategy for their goal of returning to power in all branches of government.
But none of that answers the central question of why Keisling sent this email out to his constituents. What was his goal? To raise money to campaign in an election that will be called off? As a call to arms to rise up and resist?
What, exactly, does Keisling hope his constituents will do with this information?
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+ add your ownPerhaps it IS time to encourage the south to secede and form its own country. The ideas of justice are so different between thinking people and reactionaries, that I don't see how we can function together anymore. And at this point, I'd be resigned to leaving my beautiful country place in the Hill Country of Texas, just to belong to a stable intelligent society.
Ah, yet another troll classic comeback with the, "Where did I say that?" as if you're the one being viciously attacked. Cute, Michael, but it's an old troll trick that doesn't work on me. Next!
Tim R, Let me make myself quite clear, I have no interest in exchanging any further conversation with you. Do you understand me?
Where did I mention something about your "friends," to find any such reference, perhaps it is those voices that you hear. My advice, don't listen to them, it will only lead down a road full of a misery greater than what you are currently experiencing. Take care and Beware, the road back is a dangerous one.
Before exiting this bad scene from a scary B-grade movie. You remind me of some internet stalker, you are a disturbed person, I fully expect to see your name, Timmy Bob Raynor, the suspected mass shooter, from Mesa, Arizona, step into the mall today. I suppose that you dream about the ending. Enough, you are an embarrassment.
While you go on your much needed sabbatical, let me encourage you to start thinking about posting with more than one paragraph. Reading your "words" are bad enough, but having them all jammed together reminds me of the letters left by the lone gunman, after his slaughter of the innocent, the lambs.
Good Bye Forever, please go seek the help you so desperately need and are crying out for.
Good luck, I wish you well. Please don't hurt anyone, it's not worth it.
I have plenty of friends, Michael, but I see you can’t resist the usual troll insults. Really shows your maturity and intelligence right there. I believe I already have expressed what I think of your (screaming fire where there is none) article several times. Perhaps you’re having trouble comprehending the English language, I really don’t know. Your problem, though, not mine. Nevertheless, that’s another classic troll response, “You didn’t answer my question” or “You didn’t even read my post (in this case article)” usually followed by the classic, "Why do you waste your time here. You don’t belong here. Blah, blah, blah, and go get some friend or a life”. Same old troll rinse and repeat bumper-sticker talking points and insults, all in an effort to keep baiting me and others into your childish routine. You trolls really do need to get some new material, because your insults show a limited vocabulary that dates back to the beginning of internet chat rooms.
Jessica, once again, a good article, somewhere, in the near future, some will come to recall your words and wish that they had closed their mouths, instead of their minds or perhaps not.
Tim R, Thanks for your thoughts, might I say...WoW.
I, for one, would really wish you type something of value on the page, it time that you type something with true meaning. To date, you have offered nothing but a complete set of rambling.
Try this, without going off the reservation. Try telling us what you actually think about the article, not your life story.
By the way, did you ever think about following up on how this fellow, Keisling and how he came to his conclusions. You might find illuminating. After all, he is an Repugant, and I still found much of what he spoke to have at least a slender thread of truth to it.
If nothing else, it will give you something to do rather than camp on Care2, in search of a new friend, to bore to death.
Oh, Michael C., the usual run-of- the-mill troll insults (live with your parents, don’t have a job, get out of your mommy’s basement, etc.). Do you honestly think people hear have never heard insult’s like that, or do you pride yourself on sounding like a broken record? You trolls really need to get some new material. Nevertheless, the real comedy is your delusional, paranoid rants that hold no truths, no facts, no merit whatsoever and make you look like a complete lunatic. Seriously, there truly is some real comedy when people like you get on the “boogie man” wagon screaming fire in a crowded room. Of course, if someone does not agree with you, like all stupid trolls you go for the standard troll insults because you truly are not intelligent enough to discuss anything with any form of critical thinking. I suggest you get your head examined, or at least take a nap; just saying. ;-)
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Tim R, I wish you the best on that job search, but you must get off of the computer and try to find one. I hear WalMart is hiring, they will even show how to apply for Food Stamps.
Just think, joining the ranks with 47 million other Americans.
As for your choice of mobile "homes," I'm guessing a single. Personally, I rather like my diesel powered Motorhome, that runs on BioDiesel. You should check out boo, The BioDiesel Handbook. Just think no electric bills each month, my 3000 watts of solar eliminates any such bill.
I agree with you as for fire power in the US, every few days, we get a stark reminder. Some stupid arse American feels the need to play Rambo, and another family must mourn their loss.
But then again, life is not a movie, real people die and quite needlessly. Can we remove these guns from the American landscape, I think not. Only after you pry them from their cold, dead hands.
The really bad news is that we are quickly approaching a time where more Americans will die each year by guns, than the number who die due to traffic accidents.
As for the info that I have forwarded to you and the others, it is easy to investigate the veracity of such claims.
But have to want to...want to ask the really hard questions.
Such as, Why does YOUR government need to purchase 175 million rounds of .40 caliber ammo.
A caliber of ammo that only US Government personnel utilizes, ICE, the FBI, DHS and others.
Tim R, I you the wish the best on that job search, but you must get off of the computer and try to find one. I hear WalMart is hiring, they will even show how to apply for Food Stamps.
As for your choice of mobile "homes," I'm guessing a single. Personally, I rather like my diesel powered Motorhome, that runs on BioDiesel. You should check out boo, The BioDiesel Handbook.
Just think no electric bills each month, my 3000 watts of solar eliminates any such bill.
I agree with you as for fire power in the US, every few days, we get a stark reminder. Some stupid arse American feels the need to play Rambo, and another family must mourn their loss.
But then again, life is not a movie, real people die and quite needlessly. Can we remove these guns from the American landscape, I think not. Only after you pry them from their cold, dead hands.
The really bad news is that we are quickly approaching a time where more Americans will die each year by guns, than the number who die due to traffic accidents.
As for the info that I have forwarded to you and the others, it is easy to investigate the veracity of such claims.
But have to want to...want to ask the really hard questions.
Such as, Why does YOUR government need to purchase 175 million rounds of .40 caliber ammo.
A caliber of ammo that only US Government personnel utilizes, ICE, the FBI, DHS and others.
@Michael C. ~ And did you forget about that Second Amendment in our Constitution? I'm thinking you did, because if you realized how much fire power the average citizen has on the streets, you'd realize a "government takeover" would be insanity at its best. Every redneck in the USA would be out in hoards shooting any black SUV or any guys wearing black suits and ties, simply because that is the paranoid culture we have fed by culture all our lives. Our Second Amendment right is why no country has ever dared to attack us, so why would you think there's some government conspiracy to "take control", as you say? I think you have no clue of the immense force of private weapons ownership, and you've seemed to fail to account for that.
In reality, if there really was some government take over by force, and because of the Second Amendment, our country would be in total chaos and disorder. It would be like a Mel Gibson, "Mad Max" movie. Really, it would. =(
@Micheal C. ~ Question: Single wide or Double wide?
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